Marine Arts Gallery Thomas Buttersworth

English. Baptised 1768, Isle of Wight. Volunteered Royal Navy, ca. 1795. Invalided out March 1800. Active as artist 1797-1827. Believed to have been appointed marine painter to the East India Company. Died November 1842. Exhibited: Royal Academy 1813-27, British Institution 1825. Collections: City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth, England;Mariners

Museum, Newport News, Virginia; National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England; Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts; United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.